Bhagavad Gita · Vibhuti YogaChapter 10, Shloka 31 (10.31)
Original Sanskrit · श्रीभगवान्
पवनः पवतामस्मि रामः शस्त्रभृतामहम्
झषाणां मकरश्चास्मि स्रोतसामस्मि जाह्नवी
॥ 10.31 ॥
pavanaḥ pavatāmasmi rāmaḥ śastrabhṛtāmaham
jhaṣāṇāṃ makaraścāsmi srotasāmasmi jāhnavī
Translation
"Among purifiers (things that move) I am the wind, among wielders of weapons Rama; among water creatures I am the makara, and among rivers, the Ganga."
Interpretation
Shankaracharya. pavanaḥ vāyuḥ pavatāṃ pāvayitṝṇām asmi — among purifiers, the wind; rāmaḥ śastrabhṛtām ahaṃ śastrāṇāṃ dhārayitṝṇāṃ dāśarathiḥ rāmaḥ aham — Rama, son of Dasharatha; srotasāṃ sravantīnām asmi jāhnavī gaṅgā.
Acharya Ramanuja. pavatāṃ gamanasvabhāvānāṃ pavanaḥ aham — among moving things, the wind; śastrabhṛtāṃ rāmaḥ aham; śastrabhṛttvam atra vibhūtiḥ, arthāntarābhāvāt — here the glory is "bearing weapons", because Rama is the Lord himself — calling him a separate "glory" would make no other sense.
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